Hello families, I hope everyone had a great long weekend. Just wanted to let everyone know that we will not be doing folders this week. We will get them ready for next week, once we get a full week under our belt. This week will be a normal week for us other than we will have only 4 days. Next week on September 12 the little ones will get to ride a bus. We call it "bus camp" and it is just a preview of how to safely ride the bus when we go on our field trips. Some of them have already been asking when they get to go on the yellow bus so this will be their first chance. We do not actually have any field trips scheduled until October. The next dates that we have something in the books is September 29 which is our Grandparent's Day Celebration and it is also the same night as the Barnes and Noble Literacy Night. We will send out more information as we get it. I finally have our FB page up and going. Please search for Head Start Hoot Owls - Southwood Valley and request to be a part of the page. I have already started adding pictures and some video clips to it.Have a great afternoon!!

Hello again!! We had an awesome day today and even though we had some sprinkles during our recess time we still played outside. The little ones loved it and it was much cooler for us. I finally have pictures on my computer and now will just get them uploaded. Be sure to look here and also on our FB page which I will add a link to at the end of this post. We have two things coming up and they both happen to be on the same day...Thursday September 29th is our Grandparent's Day celebration/lunch and it will also be our first Barnes and Noble Literacy night. I don't have all the details yet but please put them in your calendar. Grandparents will be invited to join us for lunch and then the B&N literacy night will be that evening. I will share more as it comes in. Please remember no school on Monday. Have a safe and wonderful weekend. Mrs. Pace

Our FB link -- you should be able to search for Head Start Hoot Owls - Southwood Valleyhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1815237085379466/

Hello Hoot Owl Families!We are at the end of day #2 and things are going great. Our little ones are getting to know each other and learning our daily routines. We are working on how to sit on the carpet and listen to our teachers and how to carry our trays for breakfast and lunch. We are playing in centers and getting used to taking our ticket to other centers when we are done and ready to go to another center. We are learning our friends' names in class and trying to use that instead of "hey". We are also doing pretty good with naps. Yesterday all but two slept and today all but one has slept. As we get into our routines I know that will change. We (the teachers) have had a great time getting to know them as well and watching them as their personalities finally start to show. I have had the chance to take pictures but I haven't had the chance to post them. I plan on working on that this afternoon so please check back soon. I also have a FB page for us and as soon as I get the pictures for that I will include the link to it so that you can find it and request to be added. Please remember that there is no school on Monday for the Labor Day Holiday. Hope y'all are doing well and that the little ones are coming home tired and full of stories about their day!​Mrs. Pace

Tomorrow is our first day and we are working hard to get ourselves ready for it. Tomorrow will be a huge learning day for all of us as we start to get to know each other and also as we begin to learn our daily routines. We will slowly bring in routines such as brushing teeth and daily jobs as this week and next week progresses.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

Alright families please do not forget that THIS Friday is mud day!! We will get dirty there is no doubt about that. We will need a change of clothes and a towel. Please make sure that everything has a name on it or is in a bag with a name on it. Don't forget to send the little ones to school with the close that can get dirty. Shorts and a t-shirt are just fine to play in the mud it doesn't have to be a bathing suit but it can be. Also, if you want sunscreen on your little ones please remember to do that at home since we can't apply that here. WEAR TO SCHOOL THE CLOTHES THAT CAN GET MUDDY. If you have any old containers (plastic cups, tupperware, old pots/pans, muffin tins) that you would like to donate to use in our dirt/mud that would be awesome. Please send those with the extra clothes/shoes/towel. We will be playing from 9-11. Please come play with us if you can. Don't forget to sign in at the front office. Come in comfy, old clothes that can get muddy/wet. Bring a change of clothes so that you can get back in your car. :) Next week, we will have our splash pad day on Monday and our Adamson Lagoon (pool day) on Wednesday. WE will need extra clothes and towels for that. Next Friday is our last day. We will be having a small program for anyone who wants to come see. It will start at 1:00pm. We'll be done by 2:00 so that we can start our end of day/go home routine. Please email or call if you have any questions on this day or any day next week. Hope to see you soon!Mrs. Pace

Hello!! I first want to say that I am so sorry for the time in between posts. It's the end of year and there is so much going on everywhere. I'm not ready to be done with our little ones here but I'm ready to be done with my own classes at SFA. I never realized how hard it was to take 13 hours, work full time and then squeeze some form of family life into that. Anyway, please forgive my time in between posts.

So, we've had a great couple of field trips lately and they are still going strong with more to come. Last week we had just a good ol' "park day". We headed off to Veteran's Park with the Frog Family and had a blast rolling down hills, playing on their playground and their soccer fields. We had lunch and celebrated Mrs. Polk's birthday. Today was even better!! We had our Family Fun and Field Day!! I just want to say THANK YOU to all of our parents who came out and supported their little ones and us teachers too!! It is so great to see our parents come out and be a part of our events! It looks like next week will be a normal week for us, no big field trips or events but be ready because the following week we'll have mud day on May 13th. We'll be sending out more information as it gets closer. Be sure to check out the pictures under the "class pictures" folder.

We are very thankful that the rain held off and that we were able to load up on the bus and go play. We played with two other schools (Creek View, our Frog Family & two classes from College Hills). The soccer fields were closed when we got to Central Park but we figured out a way to play on the basketball court. They were small, short games but we still managed and we still had fun. We also had the chance to play on the playground at Central Park. We had so much fun that a few of our friends fell asleep on the way back to school.

Tomorrow is a normal day for us and Friday we will start our Alphabet Celebration month, wear a shirt that has “A, E, I, O, U or the letter “Y”.

Beginning Friday, April 1st we will start our Alphabet Celebration. April is for Alphabet Fun!! Each day of the month we will celebrate a letter. This Friday, April 1st we will celebrate the vowels “A, E, I, O, U and the letter “Y”.

Every week you will be getting a new list so that you may dress your Hoot Owl according to the theme of the day.

Thank you for helping us out this month in making our Alphabet Celebration a fun way to learn and write our letters.

Friday, April 1st – wear a shirt that has “A, E, I, O, U or the letter “Y”.

Week of April 4th – 8thMonday, April 4th – “B” wear a blue, black or brown shirtTuesday, April 5th – “C” wear a number shirt for countingWednesday, April 6th - “D” No Classes for Head Start, Oh! Well!Thursday, April 7th - “F” wear a shirt with stripes, checkered, or dotsFriday – April 8th – “G” wear our SWV shirt

We were informed yesterday that Creek View Elementary, where our 2nd soccer game was to be held, is a closed campus tomorrow. We have secured a field at Central Park in College Station it is field #2.Please join us for soccer and play at 9:30 am. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. This is of course if weather permits us to play. We should know by 8:30 am and will send an email only if we do NOT play.